Drunk driving in the United States

coordination. All these capabilities are vital for driving a vehicle safely. Thus, operating a car after being drunk causes severe problems including death. Even you can get imprisoned if you are caught to be driving while intoxicated. It continues, and we hear about many incidents throughout the United States (J., 2017). In every single State, it is prohibited to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more. Unfortunately, still, the drunk driving crashes were observed in 2016 (J.,…

Should The Drinking Age Be Lowered? Three decades ago, the United States congress has passed The National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which punished every state that allowed persons below 21 to purchase alcoholic beverages reducing its annual federal highway apportionment by ten percent. Since then, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have prohibited selling alcoholic beverages for those people who are under the 21 age so that they do not lose the 10% funds. This act neither…

“In 2015, 10,265 people died in drunk driving crashes - one every 51 minutes - and 290,000 were injured in drunk driving crashes” (Kaufman 866). That means that every 51 minutes someone loses a family member to the detrimental effects of drunk driving, a social and economic issue that costs the United States over $270 billion annually. While it is impossible to completely end DWI’s, there is a preventative solution that can dramatically lower the rates of drunk driving, so instead of locking…

addiction because it can cause the disease alcoholism, it’s responsible for many drunk driving events, and can cause many health risks. First, alcoholism is a disease that we can be born with or developed. People get into the thought that everything is better while drinking, so everything they do includes it. Heavy or excessive drinking is bad for our health. Many drink…

drinking age to 18. Lowering the drinking age and normalizing the drinking culture in the United States would reduce alcohol related deaths, and create a more responsible drinking mindset. The government believes that 18 year olds are mature enough to handle many important life decisions such as being able to vote, own a gun, joining the military, or becoming a legal guardian. It is time for the United States government to expand their trust and allow 18 year olds to show that the right to…

related car crashes were due to underage drinking. That was a year before the drinking age was changed to 21 and statistics like these drastically changed. The minimum legal drinking age or MLDA was changed to 21 in 1984. It was adopted by all the states to create a safer environment for everyone. This new law cracked down on every problem. Underage drinking on college campuses was one that took a big hit. College students can no longer legally drink which is making colleges more secure places…

to drunk driving? In addition, alcohol is the number one factor in traffic deaths.(Gottfried 51) Not only teenagers, but adults, too, and even babies. Is drinking and driving still a problem for teenagers? That is a question most adults worry about, especially if their child(ren) is involved in a terrible car accident. That is one thing a parent does not want to go through. Many teens do not know how this effects people both physically and mentally. Families have lost a loved one due to drunk…

age being set at twenty-one. In 1984 the federal government passed a law that the minimum drinking age should be twenty-one in all states, and since then drunk driving rates have dropped fifty-four percent. While lives have been saved by the minimum age being raised the law is outdated because there are better safety features in vehicles and punishments for drunk driving than there were in the 1980s. Bahar Gholipour, a writer for The Huffington Post, warns in his article, “Keeping Legal…

questions that arise in those who believe the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. The United States Legislature should lower the drinking age and live up to its beliefs and what it stands for, freedom. In the United States, eighteen year old men and women are assumed the adulthood rights to obtain cigarettes, get married, vote, sign contracts, become a subject to be inducted…

was introduced to the united states in the 19th century which the rate that people using a mobile phone was growing exponentially in a way that was popular all around the globe. cell phones are used in direct contact with the person that lead to a higher flexibility of calling a person within seconds. Also, the cell phone is used in safety procedures such as calling an ambulance when there is an accident and it will help to save alive but if I used the mobile phone while driving can I use it or…